Tag: Handling
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Opinions about California Claims Handling Practices Rejected
Plaintiff Oxnard Manor LP dba Oxnard Manor Health Center (“Plaintiff”) is a skilled nursing facility. As relevant herein, Defendant Hallmark Specialty Insurance Company (“Defendant”) issued a liability insurance policy to Plaintiff effective from June 1, 2017, to June 1, 2018. Defendant then issued a second liability insurance policy effective June 1, 2018, to June 1, 2019.…
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Testimony on Legal Parameters for Bad Faith Excluded
This case arises out of a dispute over three separate, consecutive, nonrenewable Short Term Medical (“STM”) insurance plans underwritten by Defendant American Financial Security Life Insurance Company (“AFSLIC” or “American”). The type of STM insurance (also referred to as “short term limited duration insurance” or “STLDI”) at issue here is relatively new, first being authorized…
